We've got a real variety this week. First, Emanuel talks about Paradox.ai, a tool that massive brands like McDonald's, CVS, and FedEx are using to screen job applicants. It uses a bit of AI, but really this is more of a labor story. Then Jason breaks down Stract, an open source search engine that is trying to do search better than the increasingly bad experience of Google. In the subscribers-only section, the group goes long on how a viral story about a botnet of toothbrushes turned out to not be true, and how we've dealt with similar stories before.
Service Jobs Now Require Bizarre Personality Test From AI Company
This Guy Has Built an Open Source Search Engine as an Alternative to Google in His Spare Time
The Viral Smart Toothbrush Botnet Story Is Not Real
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